YESI/LCAB Panel on National Parks
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BS/201, LCAB open plan seating area, Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
Event details
Various models of national parks governance are in place, which bring varying levels of stakeholder engagement. In England, National Parks operate through a model grounded in partnerships, land-use regulations, and incentives, which contrasts with approaches taken in Brazil. The English approach offers a potentially more relevant and adaptable governance structure for conserving biodiversity in the Atlantic Forest biome compared to the US-inspired system, which often relies on costly land expropriation.
English National Parks have developed several key strategies that are highly relevant to conservation policies in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest biome. These include regenerative agriculture, conservation grazing, habitat restoration, blue corridors, archaeological heritage protection, long-term sustainable planning, community-based tourism, and participatory governance.
YESI and LCAB are hosting a multi-stakeholder delegation from Brazil who all interact in different ways with Campos Gerais National Park and are keen to share knowledge and experience with York researchers as to their experiences and interactions with National parks.
Lunch will follow the panel. Places are limited please sign up early.
Format
Each speaker will make a 5 minute intervention. This will be followed by an open discussion, sharing perspectives on English and Brazilian National Parks.
Introduction: Professor Lindsey Gillson, LCAB Director
Moderator: Professor Lindsay Stringer, YESI Director
Speakers
Clemency Cooper, LCAB/Department of Archaeology
Bio: Clem is a first year PhD student based in the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity, researching how perceptions of the cultural and natural environment have shaped the North York Moors. She has worked professionally as a public engagement practitioner in the heritage sector and, in this research, she will be using participatory methods to engage with stakeholders and explore scenarios for what the future landscape might look like and the potential ecological functions, cultural significance, and economic benefits.
Brennen Fagan, Department of Mathematics
Bio: Brennen is an applied mathematician from California working at the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity on the mathematics of biodiversity change. He has recently started working in the Lake District primarily on where the fish in Ullswater and Haweswater have gone, if they can be brought back, and what that might mean for those living in the surrounding area.
Jonathan Finch, Professor of Archaeology, Department of Archaeology
Bio: Jon is an historical archaeologist who works on cultural landscapes and land ownership. He is interested in how historical management has shaped perceptions about the wider landscape and how we value different landscape types. He has worked with the Nidderdale National Landscape (formerly an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) and with the North York Moors National Park.
Jasmine C. Moreira, State University of Ponta Grossa (UEPG) , Brazil
Bio: Jasmine Cardozo Moreira is a professor in the Tourism Department at Ponta Grossa State University, in Brazil. She is head of LABTAN, Brazil's sole University laboratory that focuses on tourism, outdoor recreation, and public use in protected areas. Her expertise is on human dimensions of tourism planning in Brazil National Parks and Geoparks worldwide. She is also an adjunct faculty member at West Virginia University's Recreation, Parks, and Tourism Resources Program, and a member of the International Academy for the Development of Tourism Research in Brazil and TAPAS Group, The Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group, from IUCN.
Carlos Hugo Rocha, PhD, Associate Professor of Agroecology and Natural Resource Management at the Soil Science and Agriculture Engineering Department of Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa in Paraná, Brazil
Bio: Dr. Rocha holds a PhD in Human Dimensions of Natural Resources from Colorado State University – USA (2009). His research focuses on Sustainable Rural Development, Landscape Ecology, Agroecology, Nature Conservation and the Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. His goal is to drive landscape and regional transformations for sustainability in Brazil by developing agroecology-based smallholder farming systems and strengthening biodiversity conservation through collaborative research and action.